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“ ‘ QQQQQQéwcég chanced,‘ in the perverse way that! fate plans these things, that the ser--‘ About the 3 ....House WW3; QUINCES AND TEA LEAVES. While visiting a friend I first be- came acquainted with the Japanese quince as an article of food, writes a. Correspondent. I am not sure that the sensation of delight which myI stomach experienced at the sight of quince jelly, of which I am especially fond, did not shine forth from my eyes and give rise to my hostess’s rather pertinent remark: “You are fond of quince jelly, are you not?” “Very,” I replied; at the same time raising my spoon containing a genâ€" erous portion, to my lips. “Yes, I am extremely fond of quince jelly," 1 continued, “but I never tasted any that could compare with this: it is delicious.” "I am glad you like it,” said my friend. "My experiments do not al- ways prove satisfactory; but I must acknowledge that this is one of the exceptions. Let me explain. I had some quinces given meâ€"a dozen or moreâ€"but. hardly enough, I thought, to be of much account. As I stood looking out of the window, my Jap- anese quince bush caught my eye. Why not eke out with a few of these? If the jelly is good, I’ll confess; if not, I'll say nothing about it. "I ran out and picked three of them, and then went to work. I smiled while peeling and cutting the flinty things, at the surprise, pleasâ€" ant or otherwise, I was preparing for the family; they never are quite sure of me.” And she gave a smiling glance around the table. . "Harry brought a friend home to tea one night; and as this was all I had on hand in the shape of preserve 1 was forced to use it; remembering; that if anything was amiss, I could throw all the blame upon the quality of my neighbor’s quinces. I was ob- liged to explain, but not in the way I had anticipated. Now 1 always ' use a few Japanese quinces whenever I make jelly. Not only do they im- prove the flavor, but they also have a. tendency to make the jelly firmer and clearer. I am careful not to use too many as they are very tart. It' is this acid quality that brings out the rich quince flavor; just as curâ€" rents do when combined with raspâ€" berries. I also liave found by experâ€" imenting, that Japanese quinces alone, make a very nice jelly to eat with meat." My friend’s culinary ideas always are unique, and this one I thought no exception. I resolved to profit by it, at some future day, if she will supply me with the Japanese quinces which she has promised to do. "What are you going to do with these tea leaves?" I asked a friend, one day. A heaping bowlful of tea leaves stood upon the table, and my friend was equipped for sweeping. “I am going to put them on my carpet,” she answered. “For the fun of sweeping them up again?" I asked with a laugh. "Is it possible you never have heard of our grandmothers’ method of'sweeping a carpet, without raisâ€" ing the dust?” she asked. While she talked she industriously scattered the fragrant leaves over her carpet. I watched her with much interest, as she seized her broom and went to work. I noticed that the du\st which otherwise would have been whirling around the room, reâ€" mained wrapped up in the wet leaves which at last were dustâ€"pan. I also noticed that scarce ly any dust; had settled upon the fur- niture; and that her carpet looked as bright as if it had been washed. That night I began to save tea leaves, and have saved them ever since. It is very little trouble. I keep a large bowl into which I put‘ the leaves, havng first thoroughly drained them through a strainer. I never sweep a carpet without using them, with the exception of my parâ€" lor carpet, which is very light. Dc- sides keeping down the dust, the wet leaves brighten the carpet wonderâ€" fully, and are much easier to sweep up than salt, which also is used for the same purpose. DINNER G IVING. To share anothcr's salt was once considered a recognition of affinity, of common inlerc<t. of camaraderie. Now, unfortunately. the ritual meaning is too often forgot-sin and dinner-giving is perfunctory and burâ€" densonie. Ilecidcdly the reason why it is considered 9, disagreeable duty rather than an intimate pleasure is that dinnerâ€"giving has become largely an opportunity for display. Just to outshine her neighbors, if only by a hairâ€"breadth, is the ambition of many a hostess. llow often after the menu is writlcn is an i-xfrn. course added because one guest. \Vil’ol is to be present. had as many at her dinner last. month or Some women lie awake of nights 10‘ dcvi-Te a new dish which will awaken wonder and envy in the other women who are to dine with them. This is especially true in small towns where the some friends meet often at one anothcr's homes; there is frequently a rivalry between neighbors which consumes time. money and energy. and turns the rites of hospitality inâ€" to an cpicurcan cult. One noted woman was taken unaâ€" wares by a party of distinguished visitors whose letter announcing their coming had somehow failed of delivery. They appeared just at dinâ€" ner time, tired and hungry. 9 ’31)] raspberries. gathered into a; last year? . vants had been given a holiday, and the family were about to sit down to a. picnic meal of bread and milk There was no fire in the kitchen, and no time to cook anything had there been; so the unâ€" ,rumed hostess put more bowls of linilk on the table and another dish of raspberries, and the guests sat down to what was undoubtedly the simplest meal of their lives. There was a, laughing explanation of the circumstances, but no apologies and ‘no embarrassment. It is needless to say that the strangers rated that IWoman’s tact above the roast beef and salad, and journeyed on to speak of her savoirâ€"faire in a. way to make other women envious. CHICKEN IN JELLY. Draw and clean a chicken and cut it up with the exception of the breast, which should be left whole. Put the pieces in a stew-pan with the liver, heart and gizzard; add two bay ieaves a small bunch of parsley and thyme and half of a small lemon; pour in water to cover, season to taste with salt and pepper and boil the chicken very gently until tender. When cooked take it out of the liâ€" quor, cut the meat of! the breast in ,four long strips and cut the remainâ€" der of the meat into small pieces. Put the bones back in the saucepan with half an ounce of gelatine that -has been dissolved in a small quanâ€" tity of water and boil gently for fif- rieen or twenty minutes longer- iStrain the liquor through a jelly bag and pour sufficient into a deep pie dish to cover the bottom. When the jelly has set, arrange on top of it a device in hard boiled eggs, put the largest slice of chicken in the centre of the dish, arrange some of the other slices around it, pour in ,another layer of the jelly, and leave it until set. Then put in the re- mainder of the pieces of meat, ar- range them tastefully, pour the re- mainder of the jelly carefully over, and put it in a cold place. When the jelly is firm dip the dish in warm water, wipe it and turn the contents 1 . . . over on a dish upon which is a fold- 'ed napkin, garnish with a. few sprigs lof parsley and serve. MEASLES. The great thirst and craving for lcold drink usually present in measles is often denied for fear of interfer- ling with the eruption when, as a lmatter of fact, free cold water drink- iing frequently results in the appear- ance of the desired outbreak, the lcooling of the internal surface caustâ€" ing the blood to flow outward, thus relieving the intense internal congesâ€" ftion. If the skin is pale and the pa~ :tient feels chilly, a warm or hot bath ‘will often give relief, and be followed by the appearance of the rash. Oilâ€" ing the skin after the sponging gives relief from the intense irritation which is so wearing on the nervous system. a . ____.+._._.._ ICOST OF THE BRITISH ARMY. ‘In Year 1800, $15,000,000; In Year 1900, £100,000,000. The century that has just expired llias been a notable one in many re- :specfs. Two great factors, however, stand out in bold reliefâ€":the advance ‘,of science and the growth of the :Bl‘iUSil Empire. Taking as the basis lof our comparison the population of the Unitel Kingdom at the two dat- jcs, one finds an increase of about two hundred and fifty per cent. In the case of a nation whose charâ€" acter and policy were already clearly joutlined by the end of the thirteenth centuryâ€"for we may take Edward I. to be our first fjvni-i _l l-Ziigzjlish King lâ€"this is a, sufficiently remarkable deâ€" velopment for a single century. The causes of this increase are, no doubt, largely due to the territorial growth of the British Empire, and to the position assumed by England (luring the nineteenth Century as the workâ€" shop of the world. The fact that the nineteenth century was, as it has 1been picturesquely designated, the. age of Tulml Cain. naturally tended; to make the world’s workshop a. conâ€"‘ ‘fre of business and ‘wcnlth. and, conâ€" ,seipzonfly, of populalion. With such ‘a rfnizlrkablc increase in population as the century has shown, one might not unnnturally expect a considerable iincrc-ise in military power. ; This. however, one docs not find; the total armed forces of thc Emâ€" pire exceeding the number available in 1-900 by the small margin of 1:511.â€" (‘900 men. As Great Britain was (‘ll- posed in a serious war during he leiole of the two years under considâ€" lorniion. the comparison is not an unâ€" lfnir one. It should he noted, llOW< lcvcr. flint a very large proportion of ‘tilC‘ total force available in 1500 conâ€" sisfc'l of voluntt'ers. \l'licn one comes to compare the difference in Cost of the armies of ,1800 and 19-00 one is at once struck “v the largcruss of the increase, i“.'hqii one considers how small. coniâ€" i‘ar..iivcly. has l‘cczi the increase in ‘pers-nxnol. An increase of (500 per cent. is suflicicnily startling: and alâ€" Ithough the considcrable total attainâ€" feii by the volunteer force in 1800. as las‘aiizst the increased total of the more costly regular force in moo, to some extent. no doubt. accounts for this: yet the increased weight. coni- plexiiy and scientific nature of mili- tary stores of all kinds. and most esâ€" pecially of artillery "material." is an exceedingly important factor in the misc. + 105.000 tons of Italy exports marble 'a year, It 000. valued at $2,000: leave the hog out of your THE NlTROGEN OI“ PLANTS. The actual value of a fertilizer to the farmer is governed by the kind} of crop, the soil and the time when; the fertilizer is applied. The plant. foods sought are potash, phosphoric! acid and nitrogen, and these. foods exist in various articles known as "fertilizers." But no matter what the materials may be, the three sub- stances mentioned are ones sought atl all times. They are the substances which give manure its value, and‘ whether the farmer uses manure, l plows under green crops or purchas- es artil‘icial fertilizers, he supplies the land with potash, phosphoric acid' and nitrogen as food for plants. The next point is the availability of these plant foods. The farmer may spread tons of barnyard manure on his land but until it decomposes and becomes! soluble in Water the plants derive noI benefit from it; hence the farmer conâ€" siders manure the best of all mater~ ials, because, as he expresses it, "it lasts for several years," when ini fact it has simply failed to give him IMMEDIATE BENEFITS. The same rule applies to fertilizers, as the farmer can procure such as will give the best results immediate- ly or he can procure fertilizers that are more slowly soluble and which show beneficial effects for several years, according to the kind of soil. and crops grown thereon. Plant foods therefore, vary in comparison, and their use is dependent upon many conditions, which every farmer should endeavor to understand in orâ€" der to successfully operate his farm. The nitrogen of manure or artificial fertilizers is the most expensive subâ€" stance in plant foods, and the value lof the nitrogenous materials is largeâ€" ly influenced by their solubility. Nit- rate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, ground dried blood, cottonseed meal and ground dried fish are the princi- 'pal sources of nitrogen, guano now being but little used, as the supply is nearly exhausted, the most forms of nitrogen being nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia. The first is very soluble; so much so that it will on seine soils be carried away by the rains beyond the reach of the plants before it can be utilized by the growing crop, for which reason the manufacturer prefers to use but a small quantity of nitrate of soda for immediate benefit, using dried rogen to the plants. SULPl-IATE OF AMMONIA. is also soluble, but not so much so as nitrate of soda. Sulphate of amâ€" monia sooner or later becomes car- bonate of ammonia in the soil, and if the land has been recently limed or the soil is calcareous there is a liability of the ammonia becoming dissipated. Sulphate of ammonia should always be well Worked into the soil, using the cultivator instead surface, causing some plants to turn yellow. it may also somewhat early, as it is slower in ac tion than nitrate, the latter being broadcasted on the surface and at ,once made available by rains. For fcri'ed. results on grain in early sprlnc', as the yield of straw and seeds seems l pend upon the soil. as oats, wheat,‘ barley and rye have been benefited as well by the use of sulphate of ainâ€"j iilonia. ! Plants. like animals, begin to feed ‘at the beginning of their cxistcnced ;and require a daily supply until aged, iAs milk is the first food of young laniinals, so must the young plants have ready )rcpared food at the‘ start. As plants grow their capaciâ€" ltv for securing food and appropriatâ€" iing if is increased, and when the supâ€"‘ ply of any one kind is exhausted the growth of the plant is checked. 3 , Tilli YOUNG CALI‘. l imay thrive on milk», but there ar-g :l‘i'i'PS n, time when grain and hay arei required. It cannot make SillleQC-: toi-y growth for the farmer if either Iis withheld, hence ‘the food must be lbnlnnccdâ€"th'it is, it must comprise? “all the elcmciRs required by the aniâ€"; innl for its advancement. in the usei lof iiitroccnous ici'tilizcrs, tlicrcfore.‘ ifhe plants must be supplied in al linnnncr to promote growth until the; ‘s c". is innturcil. if nitrate of soda; only is usul there will be an abun dance of nitrogenous foods at the; ‘start. but later 1110 supply will diâ€", Sininish, although the necessary phos- lplioric acid and potash may [)13“S'lli-V ,ficicnt. I";il'lll("l‘S should not (insure lti ifertili7cr in which nitrate of sodnl ‘only is used. A small quantity of; fiiitruto will lie of advantage for the [plants when they are young, but the: ferliiiz'crs should also be fortiflofl‘ with dried blood, cottonseed 1110111,! or some less soluble nitrogenous; substance, in. order that the crop may have a constant supply of nit- rogen from the start to finish. It is, also possible to continue the supply of nitrogen by broadcasting nitrate of soda several times during the scaâ€" Son, but such work is somewhat dif- ficult after plants are woll under way. while nitrogen in the less soluâ€" ble forms is also a little cheaper. CARE OI" llOGS, When making preparations for the coming autumn and winter do not calcula- tions. l soluble I bleed to continue the supply of nitâ€"u to lie increased, though this will (loâ€"[trouble is a fraud on a large scale ‘an upset itll‘llp, and of :fion to the authorities is a gang of The sleeping quartch should bf roomy, well ventilated and neithc. too warm nor too cold and perfectl) dry. They must be so constructh that no other animal can enter them and be otherwise in proper conditim of cleanliness. There should be of least two or three sleeping plnco: provided for large herds, so the) may divide into small bunches. On. end of an enclosed cattle shed, parti- tioned off, is as good as the most ex» pensive hog house for this purpose Beware of cold drafts, and so conâ€" struct the building that the col<. winds do not blow on the hogs. At the some time allow sufficient ventiâ€" lation for the escape of foul air. The floor may be of earth or boards as preferred. It must be kept clean land occasionally recoafed with fresh earth or sand. Very little bedding is required even in the coldest wenâ€" tlier and slough hay or rye straw is best for this purpose. The bedding should be cleaned out about once a week and, if needed, a little fresh supplied. Hogs should never be al- lowed to sleep in manure piles or around straw stacks if it can be avoided. or in any place from which[ they will come out steaming and sweating. That condition in cold weather is decidedly injurious to their health and thrift. The sleepâ€" ing quarters should be sprinkled ooâ€" casionally with slackod lime or crude cai‘bolic acid ar a, disinfectant. A good plan in summer is to shut the hogs out of their winter quarto-rs as much as possible and let them lie in the pasture and under the shade of trees. Nothing is better than sun- shine as a, disinfectant and germ deâ€" stroyer and the arrangement of hog houses and sleeping quarters in parâ€" ticular should be such as will admit the greatest amount of sunlight. Be- ware of those that are dark, gloomy and damp. __+__ BAFFLE THE POLICE . Clever Swindlers Who Operate in Organized Bands. That a man can deliberately break the law and yet be almost as safe from arrest as his most lawâ€"abiding neighbor seems at first sight absurd. Yet any detective can point out doz- ens of thieves, forgers, and swindlers of every degree whose cunning is so great that the police find it well nigh impossible to arrest them, or, when i‘they have laid hands on them, to {find good cause for keeping them out of mischief for a time. The worst enemies of law and or- der are those organized gangs of criâ€" iminnls who operate largely on the 'Continent, and are now extending their scope to Great Britain. They have regular telegraphic and other codes, they possess among their num- ibers really first-class craftsmen, and .above all have large sums of money at their command, which they use not only to further their schemes, but to employ the best legal talent lto extriCate them from. from trouble. These are no vulgar coiners or for- Igers. To show how wide are their loperations it may be mentioned that of the barrow, especially in sun1mer,fthev recently forged the cheques of a as it may do harm if left near the leading London bank so perfectly that the officials at Somerset House be applied were deceived into believing the Govâ€" ernment stamp in the corner was genâ€" !uinc. It was only after analysis by [a Government Clif-illiSi, that the fraud [Was proved. His opinion was that such crops as clover, peas, beans and * at least $3,000 must have been spent cow pens the nitrate should be preâ€";upon the plant which those swindlers Nitrate also gives cxcellentiused. Another form of swindle which has recently given London police endless on fire insurance companies. again, is a Cube of \\'I“.LLâ€"ORG ANIZICD CRIME. Two men rented a shop, bought up an illllilOl~SO quantity of cheap secondâ€" hand furniture, and proceeded to char all the piOCCS. so as to make them look as if they had been through a fire. They then employed agents to go round and let the inâ€" jurel furniture to various unscrupuâ€" lous people, who thereupon claimed damages from the fire insurance coniâ€" panics. in each case the iule was told of having put out the flames without the aid of firth men. The amounts were so small as a, rule, a fact which has made the companies unwilling to prosecute. What is more. the perpetrators of the fraud knew very well that they cannot be charged with arson, for there has ilfCll no fire. They can onâ€" ly be iri'lictcd for obtaining money under false pretenses, the penalty for which is comparatively light. Anolhcr specizil object of detestaâ€" This, tlicnisel yes This gang clever suindlcrs who lay out to trap emigrants. hws arenfs all over {:issia, Poland, and Gorinnnv. These agents get hold of poor peasants and tell them that in happy England no one gets less than $1.50 a dny, and that for S30 lieâ€"the 'agr‘ntâ€"will provide a pas- Sil'I-H ’llie wretched victim sells all he pass-S509 and raises the $30. The act ~t gives him a cheap ticket, which costs $15 only, pockets the, balance and sends him on. Arrived FROM BONNIE union Many Things Happen To Interesf the Minds of Auld Scotia’s Sons. There are 449 ice cream saloons ix Glasgow. Glasgow policemen want hours and increased wages. The other day 1,400 biu'rx‘ls of hers ring left Lerwick for the American markets. Dundee is not making much heads way in the attempt to stamp out smallpox. Glcncoe grows a green garden rose the flower being only lighter in shade than the leaf. The amusement of a Glasgow prac- tical joker, who sent in a false fire alarm, cost him $25. Twu Fife miners were on the 6th inst. fined $220 or 30 days for taking part in a cock fight. The cost of cleansing the City of Glasgow last year was £123,203, and the revenue £35,058. An Edinburgh man has killed a ten-pound pike, which had as insld( passenger a nineinch rat. It is proposed to elect Lord Mount Stephen an honorary member of Ab- erdeen chamber of commerce. A Glasgow expert. says that many railway accidents are due to th( nerves of railway men being affected, The revenue last year of the Glas- gow Parks and Galleries Committet was £76,366, and the expenditurf £75,368. The Glasgow Trades Council haw petitioned the Corporation in' favor of opening museum and art gallei‘iei on Sundays. Musselburgh’s old clock, which haz seen four centuries, has ceased t( go. It will find a resting place ii the town museum. A duplex quadruplex telegraphi( machine is being tested in the genen a1 post officQ Edinburgh, and if considered a huge success. The collapse of the grand stan( at the Paisley run-as resulted in many injuries. ’l‘hirtv actions for dam! ages have an?!me been entered. The depression in the Fife Line! Industry, which shows no sign of improvement, has in several case: been mitigated by Government con- tracts. l\Ir. A. T. Roberts, Drygrange, un- expectedly received a tea. service at Glasgow Exhibition because he was the 100,000th to enter the Indian theatre. The honey harvest about Golston is the best that has been for forty years, and the mushroom crop in the border districts is the heaviest on record. The city treasurer has warned the Glasgow council that they are spend- ing too much. £18,000 surplus at shortei the beginning of the year, is £5,525 ' deficit at its close. An old dining table at which Prince Charlie dined when he march- ed iiito England was exposed at a. sale of furniture at Mof'fat recently and was knocked down at 305. Mr. Andrew Carnegie has Offered 8400 towards an organ in St. Ste- phcn's U.1". church, Perth, and to defray one-half the cost of an organ for the \l'csMyth-Methodist church there. A Kii'cudbi ightshire fisherman caught a 19 pound pike in Loch Trool not long ago. In the same shire a ’i‘errcgles farmer recently dug up a potato six inches long and weighing one and a half pounds. The apprehensions which Anglicans entertain for the safety of St. Paul’s Cathedral find their counterpart in the case of the Wesleyanâ€"Methodist church, Leith. A wide fissure has appeared in the masonry. At a. marriage of Miss Dunn of llcdilen the old Scotch custom of the bride’s two older brothers wear- ing green garters and the running of the Iil‘0(,:ScSâ€"â€"i.c., the unmarried inen running a i‘uCC‘, the winner to kiss the brideâ€"“'38 kept up. Some Scotch people have no griey- ance in the mailer of gas rates. In Iasswade and llonnyrigg the price has btcn reduced to 5d. per thou- sand. At Baillicsion, on the other hand, the price is 45. 2d. per thou- snnfl, and at L’roughly Ferry 2s. Gd. innarkshire has l‘ecn particularly fortunate in enlisting Mr. Carnegie’s interest. To the Rutherglen library he has fla‘llutc'd 7,500: to the Aidrie library £500. He has also offered 95.137!) towards the purchase of an orâ€" gan at Uddingston Congregational church. ____.+____ DOG TIlA'l‘ DISLIKED MUD. A quaint story comes from Bristol, England, of a King Charles spaniel which had a I'»eculi~.:r dislike to mud. Coming on occassinn upon a very dirty crossing, and being left behind by his mistress. he waited for some time, unwilling to sully his paws in the muddy compound. At last, how- ever, he espied a lady who carelessly allowed her dress to trail upon the ground, whereupon, ensconcing him- self upon the trailing garment, he ef- in London, the unfortunate. unable to speak a word of English. starvcs a. while, and then is provided with a pass back home by his Consul. But again the agent is at work. A new emissary meets the emigrant buy-s his pass for a dollar or two, anti usually sells it to some undesir- able whom the Russian Government iiiirgines it has got rid of for good. These emigration swindlers have made thousands in the last few years and it. is almost impossible to bring them to book. fl:(.'[0d the transit in comfort and cleanliness. Dearest, she murmured, I'm so afraid you'll change. Darling, he answered, you'll never find any change about me. Which was pain- fully true. Did you see that man we passed just now ’2 Yes. He’s a sort of re~ lative of mine. Is he ? How Y He married the 1:31 I was engaged to‘,